Keyword: Ship

Illustrated card covers with plastic clip binding in Very Good condition. First edition, unpaginated but pp 15, 10 folding pages, 9 of which list details of a series of ships built at the Campbeltown Shipyard.View More...

Illustrated card covers, top and bottom corners of pages clipped and some shelfwear but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 72, 2 folding diagrams, colour plates and b&w illustrations.View More...

Large hardcover in coarse blue cloth binding, slightly shelfworn dustwrapper with two small closed tears internally repaired and in otherwise Very Good condition. First edition, pp 212, numerous b&w illustrations and diagrams as well as several fold out diagrams. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 3KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.View More...

Hardcover with illustrated cloth covered boards, some light wear to edges but otherwise in Very Good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author, Staff Captain J.G.P Bisset of R.M.S. Berengaria, 1928. Bookplate of previous owner. b&w illustrations throughout with two fold out route maps to rear.View More...

Oblong hardcover in Fine condition with Fine dustwrapper. First edition, pp 144, very high quality colour illustrations throughout. Five world-class marine artists exhibit some of the most breathtaking paintings of ships ever published, in huge, oversize, full-color gallery-quality reproductions. Along with the gorgeous art comes the artists' own descriptions of their subjects and explanations of how they executed their work. The term "tall ships" calls to mind the majestic beauties that graced America's Bicentennial, but this collection also features paintings of such immortals as t...View More...

Hardback, As New, with dustwrapper, As New, 24 cm x 27cm. With index. John Masefield s dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, butting through the Channel in the mad March days has become a ship type of universal appeal, both for its simple, functional beauty and its faithful toil before the advent of universal road haulage. In this new book a collection of more than 300 photographs has been drawn together to tell the story of the development of the steam and diesel coasters, which originated mainly in the UK and the Netherlands. The term coaster embraces a huge range of types i...View More...

Hardback in very good condition, complete with dustwrapper in good condition. Reprinted from the 1973 edition. Pp xv, 174. B&w photographs and illustrations, epilogue, appendices I to IV. S2. POSTAGE RATES ARE BASED ON A BOOK WEIGHT UP TO 1KG. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, PLEASE CONTACT US BY EMAIL BEFORE ORDERING FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE.View More...

Large hardcover in Fine condition, dustwrapper with some light shelfwear but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 143, b&w illustrations and diagrams, bibliography, glossary, index. This volume takes the development of the most primitive forms of boats - rafts, skin boats and dugouts, for example - which developed ultimately into ships for trade, commerce and war. It summarizes the current state of knowledge, and examines the nature of archaeological evidence. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE...View More...

Large hardcover with red cloth covered boards, black spine with gilt titles and ruling, very faint faded line on front cover (possibly a printing defect which is barely noticeable), dustwrapper with some marking to front cover but otherwise in Very Good condition. First Limited edition of 2000 [1363], pp 175, b&w illustrations, bibliography, Glossary of Abbreviations, Index. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.View More...

Large hardcover with some very light shelfwear to head and foot of spine but otherwise in Fine condition, dustwrapper in Fine condition. Limited edition of 2000 [1112], pp 256, bibliography, glossary, index. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.View More...

Large hardcover in As New condition with As New dustwrapper. Limited First Edition (1112/2000), pp 176, b&w illustrations and diagrams throughout, bibliography, index. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, SO FOR UK FIRST CLASS AND INTERNATIONAL, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED.View More...

Hardcover in Fine condition with Fine dustwrapper. First edition, pp xxv, 246, colour plates and b&w illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. In 1806, after 10 years at sea, Lieutentant Garneray was anxious to return to France when his ship was captured by the Royal Navy. He was confined, with hundreds of others, in the cramped quarters of one of the prison hulks off Portsmouth, where he remained for 9 years. Later, in the book Mes Pontons, he would recount his experience in what is considered to be the longest and most detailed account of life on a prison hulk.View More...

Hardcover in As New condition with As New dustwrapper. First edition, pp ix, 243, b&w illusytations, appendices, index. Set up in August 1905, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary was originally a logistic support organization, part of the Navy proper but run on civilian lines, comprising a miscellaneous and very unglamorous collection of colliers, store ships and harbour craft. Just over a century later it has evolved beyond recognition: its ships compare in size, cost and sophistication with all but the largest warships, and the RFA itself has developed into an essential arm of all three Services. It...View More...

Large hardcover with red cloth boards and black cloth spine with gilt titles and ruling, dustwrapper with some light shelfwear and some ink transfer to top of inside dustwrapper but otherwise in Very Good condition. First Limited edition of 2000 [1574], pp 190, b&w illustrations and diagrams, bibliography, glossary, index. The advent of steam power was one of the greatest innovations in maritime transport since the development of the three-masted ship. This book examines the history of the merchant steamship, from the introduction of the paddle to screw propulsion and the emergence of effici...View More...

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